Round Britain 2012 Intro

ON 5th MAY I WILL BEGIN SAILING AROUND BRITAIN CLOCKWISE FROM PWLLHELI, RETURNING IN SEPTEMBER.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY WILL JOIN ME ALONG THE WAY AND WILL ADD THEIR EXPERIENCES TO THIS BLOG.

Saturday 16 June 2012

Lies, damn lies and statistics

Some stats. for Peter and others.

Distance covered so far: 750 miles
Days: 30
Hours sailing: 66
Hours motoring: 155
Hours wishing that I was sailing: 155
Fuel: 320 litres
Tea bags: 500
Showers: not many
Teeth cleans: every day.......except 1
Pints Frozen milk: 35
Kitchen rolls: Loads
Days in port avoiding weather: 9
Distilleries: 6
Intentional swims: 0
Unintentional swims: 1
Crew members: 8
Celidh dances partners: 0
Midge bites: 100's
Days when Griff/me acted our ages: 0
Fake Loch Ness monsters: 1
Scotsmen in the Hebrides: 2
Canal Locks: 37
Water in Bilges: too much
Diesel in bilges: too much
Oil in bilges: too much
Times that I have put oil in engine: too many
People who told the same story about Argyllshire people believing that the expression 'Manana' is too hasty: too many!
Dolphins: loads
Sea birds: loads
Minke whales: 3
Seals: quite a few
Amazing scenery: loads
Friendly, helpful people: too many to remember.

What makes you think that we are bored today, waiting for good weather tomorrow to move on to Whitehills.



1 comment:

  1. You've been away for more than 30 days - I've been counting! 5 May to 16 June is 42 days. Obviously I can't verify any of the other statistics.

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